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The student news site of Sequoyah High SchoolMon, 19 Mar 2018 19:59:53 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.4Senior Ads for the print edition of The Arrow due 4/30!!!!!!!https://shsarrow.com/2178/announcements/senior-ads-for-the-print-edition-of-the-arrow-due-4-30/
https://shsarrow.com/2178/announcements/senior-ads-for-the-print-edition-of-the-arrow-due-4-30/#respondMon, 19 Mar 2018 19:57:29 +0000https://shsarrow.com/?p=2178The Arrow will be accepting senior ads to put in our summer print edition! To learn more about senior ads, email shs.arrow@cherokee.k12.ga.us.
]]>https://shsarrow.com/2178/announcements/senior-ads-for-the-print-edition-of-the-arrow-due-4-30/feed/0Students have spring break 4/1-4/7https://shsarrow.com/2173/announcements/students-have-spring-break-4-1-4-7/
https://shsarrow.com/2173/announcements/students-have-spring-break-4-1-4-7/#respondMon, 19 Mar 2018 19:50:54 +0000https://shsarrow.com/?p=2173This year’s spring break will start Sunday, April 1, and will end Saturday, April 7.
]]>https://shsarrow.com/2173/announcements/students-have-spring-break-4-1-4-7/feed/012-year-old becomes a Globetrotterhttps://shsarrow.com/2138/student-life/12-year-old-becomes-a-globetrotter/
https://shsarrow.com/2138/student-life/12-year-old-becomes-a-globetrotter/#respondThu, 15 Mar 2018 15:05:04 +0000https://shsarrow.com/?p=2138Imagine waking up one morning, and your parents ask you if you would like to hop from country to country, experiencing the world. Skip school, learn about different cultures, and we’ll leave next year. This is the life of freshman Phoebe Offenburg.

Her dad had been planning something special for a while.

“When I was a kid, my dad always said in 2016 he was going to take a sabbatical from work and we’d do something fun,” Offenburg said. “I was twelve.”

However, her parents decided to include the kids in the decision.

“My parents officially decided a year before we went and they kind of asked us what we wanted to do,” Offenburg said. “They gave us several different options, but I don’t remember what they were, I just remember we could go travel the world and we were like, ‘Travel!'”

Unable to just take off, Offenburg’s family took suggestions from family friends and dove into research on where to travel.

“We did a lot of research and there are some places that are not safe to go to, so we obviously didn’t go to those places,” Offenburg said. “We asked a lot of our friends too because they had been to different countries and they just said like, ‘Oh this place is cool you should go there.'”

The family was able to go to many places and experience many different cultures.

“We went a lot of places,” Offenburg said. “We went to Australia, New Zealand, Poland, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Austria, Indonesia, Malaysia, Japan, Germany, I think that was it.”

Of those, Offenburg’s favorite was in the southeastern corner of the world, where you can hike with elephants.

“I liked Borneo a lot, in Malaysia,” Offenburg said. “We went to this really cool place called Bako in Borneo and you can hike and it was really, really fun, and people were really nice there too.”

One problem the kids faced was schooling, so instead they were taught by their dad.

“It was my 7th grade year, and I left after Christmas break,” Offenburg said. “I finished the rest of the year and social studies before we left so I was just home-schooled, and my dad taught me math and science.”

Her friends were also upset that she had to leave, but happy that she was able to experience something so exciting.

“They were kind of sad that I was going to be gone for so long but,” Offenburg said. “They thought it was cool.”

Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, all social media helps with these situations and aided Offenburg in keeping her friendships.

“We had good service, so I could talk to my friends.” Offenburg said.

Her parents’ influence has left a mark on her view on the world and she would like to continue traveling as well as go back to previous destinations.

“I really want to go Thailand because we didn’t go to Thailand,” Offenburg said. “I would go back to Borneo probably.”

Offenburg would even consider leaving the U.S., in addition to studying abroad and travelling for leisure.

“I would want to keep travelling or live in a different country for a while,” Offenburg said. “And then live in a different country [again].”

She gets her love of travelling from her parents and the initial trip the family took together.

“I think it was both of my parents, and they kind of decided after my brother was born. He was nine, I think, when we all went on the trip.”

One of her favorite aspects of the trip was the many different cultures and lifestyles she was able to observe.

“You get to meet different people and hear their stories.” Offenburg said. “We were gone for six months and it was really, really fun and a good experience to see all the different cultures.”

Phoebe Offenberg poses with a pygmy elephant in one of Borneo’s few treasured sanctuaries. Given the chance, she’d gladly travel back and study abroad in many countries, including Borneo, Malaysia.

]]>https://shsarrow.com/2138/student-life/12-year-old-becomes-a-globetrotter/feed/0The Sequoyah speech and debate team take on the state tournamenthttps://shsarrow.com/2163/news/the-sequoyah-speech-and-debate-team-takes-on-state-tournament/
https://shsarrow.com/2163/news/the-sequoyah-speech-and-debate-team-takes-on-state-tournament/#respondTue, 13 Mar 2018 14:45:28 +0000https://shsarrow.com/?p=2163The Sequoyah Speech and Debate team competed in the state tournament last weekend at Lassiter High School. Both sections competed against some of the best students in the state.

The students in the speech section have a unique role on the team and compete by giving an eight to ten minute speech.

“With speech, there are different events currently,” said Wargacki. “At Sequoyah, we offer [such as] Humorous Interpretation, Informative, Original Oratory, Due, Dramatic Interpretation, and POI which is Program of Oratory Interpretation so all of those events have different requirements or a different meeting.”

The speech section also had some of their participants win awards for their speeches. Scott Benefield and Rebekah Carnes went home with awards for their work.

“Scott is a junior in his first year of speech [and] did HI [Humorous Interpretation] and got sixth,” said junior Nyla Crayton. “Rebekah is a senior and she got first place in HI”.

There are two different types of debating, Lincoln Douglas and Public Forum. The Lincoln Douglas had two participants during the state tournament.

“The way [Lincoln Douglas] works is we get a topic, debate both side of it, and it’s a single event so it’s one person on a team,” said Junior Max Frye. “It involves a lot of philosophy especially political philosophy and incorporating that all into a topic.”

This section also had some success despite the low number of participants and other factors.

“We did pretty well, unfortunately I got sick midway through the tournament and didn’t get to debate on the second day,” said Frye.

The Public Forum is the other part of the debate section. This is one of the most populated sections of the team.

“Public Forum is an event where you have two people working together on a specific resolution that you get at the beginning of the month and it is easier to have a partner because you can share the amount of work you have to put into the event,” said Crayton. “It is also better in round because you have someone to discuss what’s going on.”

Nyla and her brother Caleb both got second and received the high speaker award in Public Forum.

“I was proud obviously for getting it but also somewhat disappointed for not getting first,” said Crayton.

The state tournament is the last speech and debate event of the year and also is a showcase of some of the best from schools across Georgia. However, this had no sway on Sequoyah’s representatives.

“It’s usually the same [as any other tournament] even though this one had higher stakes because it determines who is the best in the state,” said Wargacki. “It was the same because it was the same rounds, same judges, same everything”

Overall, Sequoyah was successful at this year’s state speech and debate tournament. There were numerous awards due to the students work on their cases.

]]>https://shsarrow.com/2163/news/the-sequoyah-speech-and-debate-team-takes-on-state-tournament/feed/0Student say “yes” to stricter gun controlhttps://shsarrow.com/2154/news/student-say-yes-to-stricter-gun-control/
https://shsarrow.com/2154/news/student-say-yes-to-stricter-gun-control/#respondFri, 09 Mar 2018 15:51:16 +0000https://shsarrow.com/?p=2154The Arrow Newspaper recently conducted a poll. We asked students whether the laws covering the sale of firearms should be made stricter, less strict, or stay the same. The poll lasted 48 hours and a total of 105 people voted. The results ended up with 67% supporting stricter laws, 25% preferred the gun laws stay the same, and 8% want the laws to become less strict.

]]>https://shsarrow.com/2154/news/student-say-yes-to-stricter-gun-control/feed/02018 NFL Combine: Players to Watchhttps://shsarrow.com/2147/sports/2018-nfl-combine-player-to-watch/
https://shsarrow.com/2147/sports/2018-nfl-combine-player-to-watch/#respondFri, 09 Mar 2018 00:13:28 +0000https://shsarrow.com/?p=2147The NFL Combine is a place for potential NFL superstars to make their cases to teams around the league. The combine can give teams first hand looks at college athletes compared to one another. MAny athletes are trying to make a case for getting to walk across the stage on draft night, while others and making a case to be the first one to walk across the stage. Some college athlete’s impressive combine performances have made their draft stock rise. Here’s who I think had the most impressive combine performances:

Shaquem Griffin: UFC Line Backer

Griffin was one of the last players invited to the combine this year, with many teams not even having him on their radar. The one-handed linebacker impressed everyone, running a 4.38 forty-yard dash. 4.38 is the fastest time for a linebacker in combine history. He also had the 11th most bench presses for a linebacker, although he used a prosthetic hand to grip the other side of the bar.

Saquon Barkley: Penn State University Running Back

Barkley came into the combine as a potential first overall pick, and after the combine NFL experts are considering Barkley a generational player because of his super impressive combine performance. Barkley ran a 4.40 40 yd. dash, which was the second fastest for all running backs. He also portrayed his strength, putting up the most bench reps for a running back. He completed 29 reps of 225. He had the highest running back vertical, 41 inches. Barkley’s film speaks for itself, and his combine stats make him one of the best running back prospects in recent memory.

Marcus Davenport: Texas- San Antonio Defensive Lineman

Davenport came in from a small school, wanting to prove himself as a first round pick. Davenport got the invite for a good season, but has been discredited for the weak conference he plays in. Davenport’s frame and film won him the invite to the combine, with teams considering him as an early-second round pick. Davenport is a 6’6 , 264- lb defensive lineman who has been playing for a program that was created in 2011. Davenport’s combine performance was so incredible that he’s now drawing comparisons to 1st overall pick in 2014, Jadeveon Clowney. Davenport had the fastest defensive lineman 40yd. dash time of 4.58, had the 6th highest vertical jump with 33.5, and the 2nd farthest jump of 10 feet 4 inches

]]>https://shsarrow.com/2147/sports/2018-nfl-combine-player-to-watch/feed/0GOTW: Sequoyah and Cherokee’s Boys’ Lacrosse Teams to Face Offhttps://shsarrow.com/2116/sports/gotw-sequoyah-and-cherokees-boys-lacrosse-teams-to-face-off/
https://shsarrow.com/2116/sports/gotw-sequoyah-and-cherokees-boys-lacrosse-teams-to-face-off/#respondThu, 08 Mar 2018 19:22:24 +0000https://shsarrow.com/?p=2116The game of the week will be the Chiefs’ boys lacrosse team taking on Cherokee this Friday. The Chiefs have not had the ideal start to the season and need to win this game. They are still adjusting to the coaching style of their new head coach, Ben Sparks. The Chiefs started out with a difficult schedule this season playing against teams such as Fellowship Christian and Harrison. Both teams were incredibly high powered but will prepare the Chiefs region play and rivalry matchups.

Sequoyah’s lacrosse team takes the field against Riverwood. They lost 9-6.

The Cherokee Warriors have gone 3-3 on the season so far, beating Forsyth Central, Riverwood, and North Cobb. Their game against Forsyth Central was close the score was 13-10, and they defeated Riverwood 14-9. Riverwood also beat the Chiefs 9-6. They won convincingly against North Cobb who they defeated 14-1.

The matchup between the Chiefs and Indians should be fairly even and exciting. The Chiefs need this win to end their losing six game losing streak. Last year the Chiefs defeated the Indians 7-6. The games between these two teams are always close and very intense. The majority of both teams are underclassmen, so both teams are inexperienced and are learning how to play together this season.

Goalie, Ezekiel Quarles, prepares for the other team’s offensive attack. The sophomore has started both years for the Chiefs.

What ever happened to the Golden Age of dating: going out to the diner for milkshakes, watching movies in the theater without the pressure of having to neck, talking to each other over the phone while mom listens in on the other line, partaking in abstinence, getting to know one another before reaching any bases?

Everything now moves so fast that it’s hard to tell exactly who is dating whom at any moment. People get together, break up, and move on in less time than it takes to send a Snapchat message reading, “your cool but i decided i dont want a boyfriend right now :/”.

In my opinion, dating should be about finding someone with whom you can talk to for hours and hours about anything, someone you can laugh with, and someone you can trust before ever having to face the pressure of a relationship. So many people seem to hook up, “talk,” and hang out just for the excuse of finding a way to pass some time, but does it ever last?

Social media has turned everything into a wasteland of conversations. Where there once was talking on the phone for hours, there is now a blackhole of conversation formed by Instagram, Snapchat, and Twitter. Social media is nothing but a place where teens talk about dating or talk about hanging out but never actually have the nerve or desire to follow through.

What ever happened to the Golden Age of dating? Gone is the anticipation of waiting for the phone to ring and being afraid to leave the house out of fear you might miss that extremely important call from that special someone. Gone is the 30-minute phone conversation every evening that satisfied a teenager’s need for relationship contact out of school. Gone is the Saturday night date: “Pick you up at 6 for dinner and a movie, better be home by curfew.” Gone is the guy coming to the door filled with the excitement of meeting your parents.

Oh yes, the infamous “talking” stage—you talk every day, hang out, and even have feelings for the person, but just cannot make that huge commitment of actually being exclusive. We all know it too well, but when that seems to fail, the quickest solution is to “ghost” the other person. You go from talking constantly and hanging out every once in a while, to going completely off the radar and seeming as if you just disappeared. But no worries, you were only talking anyways!

There is always that extreme amount of excitement when you meet a new person and get “butterflies”, but we can all relate to how quickly those feelings fade. Teens constantly go from person to person trying to keep that feeling alive, with the hope that that person may be better than all the rest when, in reality, that feeling of something new will fade with time.

This generation finds the act of dating overrated because wouldn’t it just be more fun to talk to multiple people rather than finding only one and genuinely caring? It has turned into the extended version of “The Bachelor” or “The Bachelorette,” where everyone talks to 30 different people with the hopes that maybe one will work out without another finding out.

What ever happened to the Golden Age of dating? Maybe the old way of dating was not perfect, but there is a bit of comfort in the stereotypical image of two people taking it slow and really learning to respect each other first. Be patient, avoid the rush, DATE, and get to know someone—really know someone—beforehand.

]]>https://shsarrow.com/2128/opinion/dating-is-dead/feed/0Sequoyah tennis falls to Popehttps://shsarrow.com/2119/sports/sequoyah-tennis-falls-to-pope/
https://shsarrow.com/2119/sports/sequoyah-tennis-falls-to-pope/#respondThu, 08 Mar 2018 16:02:16 +0000https://shsarrow.com/?p=2119On February 8th, Sequoyah’s tennis team played against Pope high school at home. Both the girls and boys played at this match, which does not happen very often, and failed to take home the win. Pope has a formidable tennis team that has been holding up its reputations for several years. Sequoyah’s record is 1-4, who’s only win was against Kell high school. Sequoyah’s regional record is 0-1 losing to Creekview. One of Sequoyah’s singles player, Junior Bryson Bailey played well but lost to one of Popes experienced seniors. Sequoyah’s next tennis match is against Dalton high school on March 8th at Sequoyah.

Landon Girle prepares to swing back against his opponent. When hitting a tennis ball, it is all about form like you see in the image.

]]>https://shsarrow.com/2119/sports/sequoyah-tennis-falls-to-pope/feed/0Sequoyah juniors are recognized at Cherokee County’s Key Scholar Nighthttps://shsarrow.com/2112/news/2112/
https://shsarrow.com/2112/news/2112/#respondTue, 06 Mar 2018 16:04:36 +0000https://shsarrow.com/?p=2112Juniors from schools in Cherokee County gathered together at Woodstock High School on Tuesday, February 27th to celebrate the annual Junior Key Scholar night.

Dylan Poulsen is a member of the Beta Club and National Honors Society. Poulsen scored a 1300 on his PSAT.

To be eligible to attend, the students must have be ranked in the 90th percentile based on their 11th grade Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT) scores. About 50 students from each school came to the event and received a key scholar patch for their letterman jackets. Victoria Ergle, Max Frye, James Argo, and Dylan Poulsen were four of many juniors from Sequoyah that were invited, and attended, this honorable event. Another student that attended was The Arrow’s very own sports editor, Brae Davis.

Brae Davis is involved in many extracurricular actives including volleyball, prom committee, and Mau-alpha Beta. Davis scored a 1420 on her PSAT.

Congratulations to all of the students that received their key scholar patch and were eligible to attend the 2018 Junior Key Scholar night.